As a comic fan (though, hopefully, not a fanatic), I do make use of the internet in pursuing my hobby. Today I'm talking a bit about how I do that.
I check the various comic blogs by way of Bloglines. I'm rather behind at the moment, but I guess that's the beauty of using a feed collector, that you can read when you've got the time. I usually intend to read a few every day, but in practice I always seem to end up spending a few hours catching up every few weeks.
Most days, I usually glance at the headlines on Comic Book Resources and the comic section at Newsarama, scrolling down at the former to see if there are any interesting previews up (usually there aren't). Often that's the extent of my everyday comic news reading. Since I'm basically a "Big 2" reader, I find that I learn most of what I'd want to know this way.
If I have a little more time, I check Comic Boards, specifically the boards for Captain America and Green Lantern.
Every so often I look for new wallpaper at Marvel. DC is nice, they put their new designs up every Wednesday. Usually there's nothing I'm interested in, but occasionally I get something new and pretty for my computer screen.
These days I check Twitter whenever I happen to be online, but then Twitter is still all shiny and new to me right now.
I used to check my stats online every week or so, but haven't done so in quite some time. Still, it's interesting info to have.
I also spend a fair amount of non-specific comic-researching time at Wikipedia, looking up various characters and titles that I've seen mentioned elsewhere.
And, generally speaking, that's about it. There are other sites I go to on occasion, but as far as my usual route goes, that's it.
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